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Homepage Grading Assignment

This homework assignment is due by the end of day, Saturday, March 26, 2010. Students are asked to assess the quality of the work in the following categories:

  • Logo design
  • Use of typography
  • Layout
  • Overall style and design, and appropriateness for the topic and audience
  • Proper use of semantic html and css

Comments are required for every homepage created. You are not required to make comments in all categories for every design. But you must make comments in at least one category per design. You must also have at least 3 comments per category. For instance, you must comment on at least 3 logo designs, the typography in at least 3 homepages, 3 layouts, etc.

You also need to rank the designs of the homepages, from best to least-best, and be sure to include your own homepage designs in the list.

If you have difficulty understanding these instructions, first ask students in your design group for guidance.  If you are still unsure of the instructions, then contact me.

Download the spreadsheet here: web3homepages

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Geeky By Nature

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http://www.geekybynature.com/

Geeky By Nature is 2 days of Design, Art, and Code for Digital Designers and Developers. One of the organizers at SVA, Richard Shupe, generously invited CityTech design students and faculty to attend this event free of charge! It is an incredible opportunity for us, and an example of how wonderful it is to be studying graphic design in New York City.

To make sure none of my students miss this opportunity, I have registered you all in advance for the conference. Please review the schedule, and the speaker biographies. We will discuss the possibility of everyone’s attendance in our next class.

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Mobile Viewport Attributes

Attribute Possible values Description
width Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-width Defines the viewport width
Height Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-height Defines the viewport height
initial-scale Floating value (0.1 to n); 1.0 is no scale Defines the initial zoom scale of the viewport
user-scalable no or yes Defines whether we will allow the user to zoom in and out in the viewport
minimum-scale Floating value (0.1 to n). 1.0 is no scale Defines the minimum zoom scale of the viewport
maximum-scale Floating value (0.1 to n). 1.0 is no scale Defines the maximum zoom scale of the viewport
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XHTML MP tags

Tag types Tags available
Structure body, head, html, title
Text abbr, acronym, address, blockquote, br, cite, code, dfn, div, em, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, kbd, p, pre, q, samp, span, strong, var
Links a
Presentation b, big, hr, i, small
Stylesheet style
Lists dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li
Forms form, input, label, select, option, textarea, fieldset, optgroup
Basic tables caption, table, td, th, tr
Other img, object, param, meta, link, base, script, noscript